Science Is On
The March
Let’s Keep Salem
In Step
Volume XXVII.
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, November 1, 1946.
Number 7.
Editor Announces
New Staff Members
The editor of the Salemite is an-51'
nouneing the reporters for the year
1946-47 today. Tliese students have
been chosen according to thoir writ
ing a))ility, dependability, capability,
and originality. The new staff in
cludes Jean Adams, .Peirano Aiken,
Dot Arrington, Marilyn Booth, Mary
Bryant, Ann Carothers, Jane Church,
Marty Davis, Debbie Darr, Louise
Dodson, Anne Dungan, Frances Carr,
Porter Evans, Laurel Green, Cath
erine Gregory, IlobertA Huffnian,
Elizabeth Lee, Elaine Loving, HalHe
McLean, Catherine Miller, Mary
Motsinger, Jane Paton, Frances
Eeznick, Betsy Sehaum, Iris Stone-
street, Joanne Swasey, Carolyn
Taylor, Barbara Ward, Una William
son, Margaret Styers, Rosamond
Putzel, Mildred HugheS, and Frances
Winslow.
The list of reporters also includes
several now students: Amie Watkins,
Frances Gulesian, Anna Kamer,
Susan Johnson. The editor announces
also that any other freshman who
wishes to try out must have her
articles in no later than Friday,
November 8. The time is being ex
tended because the editor feels
that there are quite a few freshmen
who wish to try out, but who have
neglected to do so. The try-outs in
clude a feature and a news story. All
freshmen who are interested in work
ing for the paper are .urged to try
out this week.
El Club Espanol
Meets T uesday
The Spanish Club will meet Tues
day night, November 5, in the base
ment of Bitting Dormitory at 7
o’clock.
There .will be a short busiiless
meeting at the beginning and then
Martha Harrison, program chair
man, is planning several games and
stunts. Eefreshments will be served
and the meeting will be ended at
8 o’clock.
All students taking Spanish or
interested in it are cordially invited
to join the club and to attend the
first regular meeting.
Miss Dyer Is
Chapel Speaker
Diana Dyer, the second vice-presi
dent of the National Girl Scout
Organization, spoke in assembly
Thursday morning on her recent
trip to Switzerland and France to
an international executive confer
ence on girl scouting. Miss Dyer has
been interested in and connected
with girl scouting for some time.
She is past commissioner of Girl
Scouts in Winston-Salem and is now
a member of the national executive
board of this organization.
Miss Dyer gave an interesting
account of her trip. She first went
to Paris and then on to Switzerland
where the conference was held.
Fifty representatives attended from
twenty-one different countries. Dif
ferent languages and customs were
some of the difficulties of the meet
ing. They were all united, in a com
mon effort to make girl and boy
scouting possible to youth through
out the tom countries of the world.
Science Is On the March—
Let’s Keep Salem In Step
Clewell Plans
Open House
The girls of Clewell Dormitiory
are sponsoring an open house in
Davy Jones’ Locker on Saturday
evening, November 2, at 8:00 o’clock,
Everyone is invited to this informal
‘ ‘ get-together.”
There will be both refreshments
and entertainment. Jo Patterson,
head of the entertainment committee,
promises a rollicking good time for
everyone. The highlight of the
evening will be the 9:30 floor show,
featuring the “Thorn-jumpers of
Clewell,” broadcasting from station
BUEP. There will be cards, the
juke-box for dancing, food and
fun.
Mr. Weinland
Visits New York
FRANCES REZNICK
Mr. David E. Weinland has re
cently returned from a trip to New
York, where he completed some
plans for the anniversary symposium
in March of next year. He also work
ed on the brochure for the anniver
sary celebration and endeavored to
increase the endowment funds of the
college.
While in New York, Mr. Weinland
talked with Mr. William Schumann,
president of the Juilliard School of
Music, who said that he had heard
favorable reports of the improve
ment in the music school at Salem
College.
Mr. Weinland said that he found
the name of Salem is becoming
generally better known in other
parts of the country.
Salemites Invited
On Bermuda Trip
A plane for ten Salem Students
has been reserved by Mrs. John
Hammond, of the Department of
College Relations, New York'City,
for any girls interested in flying
to Bermuda for a week during
spring vacation. The Bermuda trip
is from April 3 to April 9, and res
ervations must be made by No
vember 10-
Mrs. Hammond has been sponsor
of college tours to Bermuda and to
Europe for fourteen years. For ad
ditional details see Miss Edith Kirk
land, Office of Public Relations.
Salem Academy
Alumnae Meet
Alumnae of Salem Academy held
their first formal meeting Friday
night, October 25 and continued
through Sunday. The activities of
the week-end began with a dinner,
followed by a meeting at which Miss
Leila Graham Marsh gave the main
address. Saturday morning was
spent in committee meetings. In the
afternoon a tour of the campus was
conducted. At four o’clock, the
alumnae were entertained at tea
by Mrs. Rondthaler. Sunday morning
breakfast concluded the reunion.
Of interest is the geographical
distribution of the alumnae. One
came from Milwaukee, four from
New Jersey, one from Atlanta, one
from Tennessee. Others came from
Virginia and various parts of North
Carolina.
Science Is On the March—
Let’s Keep Salem In Step
Faculty ©roup
Will Meet
The Faculty Group for research
and creative work will hold the
first meeting of the year on Mon
day, November 4, at the George
Washington Tavern, according to
an announcement by Miss Jess Byrd,
chairman.
Dr. Lucy Wenhold will deliver a
paper on aspects of life at Salem
College from 1800 to 1830. Dr. Wen
hold spent the summer in doing re
search for this paper. This is the
first of a series of research papers
on the history of Salem College to
be delivered by members of the
faculty this year. Plans are under
way to publish these papers in the
spring as a part of the celebration
of the I75th anniversary.
Gifts Committee
Names Solicitors
Robert M. Hanes, chairman of the
175th Anniversary Fund Campaign,
and Gordon Gray, chairman of the
Advisory Gifts Committee, called a
meeting of the latter group at Salem
College, Monday night, October 28.
At that meeting the scope of
solicitation for gifts for the science
building project was determined,
and the group of special solicitors
to be invited to participate in the
campaign was named. The invita
tions to these forty-five solicitors,
who will see over two hundred
people here in Winston-Salem dur
ing the campaign, will be sent from
the college office immediately.
The chairmen of the various com
mittees will meet for a discussion of
campaign techniques at the college
on the evening of November 5. The
kick-off dinner for the campaign, to
which all solicitors will be invited,
will be held at the college on Friday,
November 15.
The campaign itself in Winston-
Salem will be conducted, November
18 to December 18. Various special
committees are meeting in special
sessions to determine the best tech
niques for soliciting their own
groups.
Officers of Student Government
at the college have voiced an in
terest in a campaign among the
students. This matter is being con
sidered, and an announcement will
be made later.
Reznick Writes Winning
Slogan For Contest
Home Ec. Cluh
Slates Tavern
Gingham Tavern, an annual affair
sponsored by the Home Economics
Club, will be held November 9, in
Davy Jones’ Locker.
Yes, it’s here again, that most
celebrated of the Salem nightclubs!
Doc Jordan, himself, bartender
and he will have on hand cocktails
of every kind, bourbon and soda,
whiskey sour, rum and coke, plus
many other soft drinks. And Hedge
(Miss Hedgecock, that is) is the
lively hostess with a whole staff of
cuties under her who will take the
orders and see to everyone’s slightest
wish.
The Tavern is from 8 until 11
o’clock with not one but two floor-
shows. The freshman talent is to be
featured in the sccond show. Food
and cigarettes will be on sale by
girls in scanty skirts with every
brand of tobacco and charm ever
dreamed of.
The Home Economics Club urges
everyone, including the coeds, to
come early an(^ get a favorite table.
FellowshipPlans
Fall Retreat
The Fall Retreat of the West
minster Fellowship begins today
November 1 and will continue
through November 3 at Mitchell
College in Statesville. This Retreat
includes Presbyterian students from
all the schools and colleges of the
Synod of North Carolina.
The sessions open tonight with a
dinner at Mitchell and will close
with dinner on Sunday.
Frances Carr, secretary-treasurer
of the Synod’s Fellowship, and
several members of the Salem
Fellowship Group will attend all
the meetings. The representatives
of Salem’s Group are Emma Mitchell,
Margaret McCall, and Polly Harrop.
Emma Mitchell has charge of the
levotional program for the entire
group on Saturday morning.
Dr. Warner Hall , and Dr. Harry
Goodykoontz of the General As
sembly of the Presbyterian Church’s
Young Peoples’ Council will be the
main speakers for the Retreat.
Home Ec. Club
Completes Plans
The Home Economics Club met
Tuesday night, October 29, at 7:00 in
Lizora Hanes Practice House. Peggy
Page Smith presided over the meet
ing which was held to complete plans
for the Gingham Tavern. Sally
Hamilton, who has charge of this,
gave the plans and appointed com
mittees. The members discussed ideas
for the Christmas Tea and for future
meetings. After the meeting was
over, refreshments were served.
Seniors Represent
Salem At Meeting!
Representing Salem College at the
meeting of the West Piedmont Dis
trict of North Carolina Garden Clubs
Wednesday, October 30, were Connie
Scoggin and Martha Boatwright.
These students each made brief talks
at the luncheon given at the Wo
man’s Club for the 250 members.
Mrs. Rondthaler was also at the
luncheon.
Science Is On the March—
Let’s Keep Salem In Step
Science Is On the March—
Let’s Keep Salem In Step
Fiances Reznick is the winner of
the Science Slogan Contest, as an
nounced by the Slogan Contest com
mittee today. Frances’ slogan—
“SCIENCE IS ON THE MARCH—
LET’S KEEP SALEM IN STEP!”—
was picked as the winner because
of its overall interpretation of the
science program.
As winner, Frances Eeznick,
Sophomore Day Student, will receive
a subscription to the “Reader’s
Digest.”
Mr. Weinland is in hopes that the
Salem College students will adver
tise this slogan and carry it through
out the year. The official opening of
the Science C.ampaign begins Mon
day, November 18.
Members of the Slogan Contest
Committee were: Dr. Howard Eond-
thaler, Mr. David Weinland, and
Mr. Charles Higgins.
Wm. Schumann
To Visit Salem
Mr. William Schumann, president
of Juilliard School of Music in
New York plans to visit Salem some
time in January.
Mr. Schumann is recognized in
ternationally as an outstanding
composer. His works have been
performed by the N. B. C. Symphony
Orchestra and other famous
orchestras.
Mr. Schumann has shown great
interest in the music department
of Salem College. It was partly
through his efforts that the pro
fessorship of Mr. Lerch was granted
to Salem.
Roe Will Speak
To Science Club
Dr. Arthur Roe, Associate Pro
fessor of Chemistry at the Univer
sity of North Carolina, will be the
guest speaker at the Lablings meet
ing Tuesday night, November 5.
His subject >vill be some phase of
organic chemistry.
Dr. Roe will be entertained at
dinner in the college refectory by
the heads of the science department
and the officers of the Lablings
Tuesday night before his lecture.
The meeting will be held in Park
Hall at 7 o’clock.
New Salem Players
Will Present Comedy
The Salem Players held a bi-week
ly meeting on Thursday, October 31,
at 7:30 P. M. in Old Chapel. Plana
were discussed for the presentation
of three one-act plays before Christ
mas one of which will be “Sup
pressed Desires,” a comedy.
Mrs. Berglund, faculty advisor of
the organization, spoke on stage
techniques and told about the cur
rent plays on Broadway.
Lomie Lou Mills, president of
the club presided at the meeting.
Science Is On the March—
Let’s Keep Salem In Step